The Sun. — London, England, 1809-12-19 00:00:00

SMITHFIELD CLUB CATTLE SIZE 11. Yesterday Mr. Sadler's yard, in Goswell-street, was much crowded by agriculturists and breeders. The four Herefordshire oxen, belonging to Mr. Westcar, seemed to, attra& a considerable share of the attention of the amateurs. Mr. James Bennet •hewed a turnip an.l clover drill, on a simple and ingenious construaion. At half past two o'clock the Members of the Smithfield Club began to repair to the Freemason's Tavern, and at three the Duke of Bedford took the Chair. It was Resolved, That the long-horned and the short-horned breeds of oxen be exempt next year from the conditions of the late shew respeCting work, as being natives of distrias where (A-labour is little practised. It was also Resolved,that at the shew succeeding the next (Christmas 1811), the Hereford, Sussex, and Devon oxen, shall be shewn in pairs, or yokes Of two oxen each, to be of equal age, and of one man's breed; and that the premiums shall be equally di vided between the breeder and the grazier of such oxen. About five o'clock near 200 of the Members of the Club and their friends sat down to an excellent dinner in Freemasons'-hall; the Duke of Bedford in the Chair. The following is the award of the premiums, - - - - Class 1.. Twenty guineas to Mr. john Edmonds, for his six-years old HereforclSltire ox. Class 11. Twenty guineas to Mr. john ,Terrett, for his. six-years old long-horned ox. Class V. Twenty guineas to Mr. William Webber, for his six-year old Devonshire ox. Class VI. Twenty guineas to Mr. john 'rerrett, for his four-year old Herefordshire ox. Class VII. Ten guineas to Mr. Michael Buckley, for his three-yea , old Devon ox. Class IX.. Ten guineas to Mr. john Edmunds, for his az-months old new Leicester wetners• Class X. Ten guineas to Mr. lohn Westcar, for his 33. months old new Leicester wethers. Class Xl.--Ten guineas to Mr. Henry King, jun. fur his 20 months old South Do wnrethers. Class XI I.—Ten guineas to Mr. Wm. Harrison, for his 32 months old South Down wethers. Cias. XII I .—Ten guineas to Mr. lohn Roads, for his 6o •vreeks old spotted Berkshire pig. Class Xi V.—Train guineas to Mr. John Roads, for his 4 0 weeks o:dspotted'Berkshire pig. LAU REPORT. COURT OF KING's BENCH, Dec. ts. ',. , :TINGS BEFORE. LOAD ELLENPOROUGH, AT GUILIMALL• HUGHES V. WRIGHT. Mr. GARROW stated this to be as aMion brought by the owners of a vessel, called the Diana, against the owners of atiother vessel, called the Hayle, to recover the value of the former of these two vessels, Avhich had been run foul of and sunk, through the carelessness or unskilful conduct of those who navi gated the lalter. It appeared in evidence that both of these vessels were employed in the carriage of coals from Shields to London. They were both tacking up towards London with the tide, but against the wind, when the Diana having lain to, the Hay le was observed suddenly to stand down before the wind, and al thougb every possible warning was used by those on board the Diana, the Hayle did not alter her course, but struck the Diana mid-ships, by which, in two or three minutes, there were three feet water in her bold, and she afterwards sunk. By common care and attention on the part ,of those on board the Hayle, at the time the signal was made to them from the Diana, the accident might have been avoided. No endear our on the part of the Diana could have availed, she lying in the water an unmanageable log. Mr. PALK, for the Defendant; contended, that every eilbri had been used by the Hayle consistent ly with her own safety. She had, a few minutes be fore, been struck by a Dutch or other foreign ship, by which her course had been changed, and she had been rendered for some minutes unmanageable. She had dropped icK raised her sails so as to occasion her, as far as was in - the power of those on board, to lie to; but the place where the Diana was situated being extremely dangerous, there being a sand-hank on one side, and a shoal on the other, and there being a great many vessels in the reach, to have let down their anchor would have exposed themselves and others to the same or greater danger than that which the Diana had encountered. Evidence was adduced to this effe&, bui none of the witnesses could state the name of the foreign ship; nor could h be shewn that any inquiry had - been made after her. • This latter circumstance Lord ELLENBOROUGH 413 ought extremely suspicious. The Jury found for the Plaintiffs. B(JRKE V. CORSAN. This was an action brought by the e'ilaintiff, a re• tail haberdasher and linen draper on Ludgate 7 hill, to recover compensation in darnages against thtdeteu dant,,a respettable whOleSale linen and cotton fatior in the city, for words said to be maliciously spoken to a Mr. irancis Pulleyn, with an intent to injure • the credit and reputation of the plaintiff'. The da-! triages were laid at 2,9001., and the defendant pleadedyy the general issue. •Ile qUestion was, whether the words Were spoken in confidence to Mr. Pulleyn or not. The Attorney-General stated the case on the part of the plaintiff to the Jury in 'a very impressive. manner, and said defendant had exerted himself to ruin the 'plaintiff; who was a man of considerable credit and some property, having dealt very largely - with the house of Clark and Boyd, as well as others, and also - with the defendant, and liad always kept goOd his - payments. The witnesses ralied en the part 9f the plaintiff were Mr. Francis Pulleyn, to wheat the communication was made, who is a warehouse- - man in Friday-street, Mr. Morley.htte partner with the defendant, Mr. Boyd, of the house 01 Clark and Boyd, in Kolborn, and Mr. Joseph Whitridge, clerk in defendant's house. From.kr. Pulleyn'S testimony .. it was clearly made out the words said to be s po ken were confidential, to; the abuse of entiduCt was considered as highly reprehensible. Mt. Maley, though called, was not permitted to give any teiti _mony, anu Mr.W liitridge proved that at the time the 1Nor(1,: - v , t•t:e alleged to have peen spoken, plaintiff owe ( Ltendant upwards of 1, 4001 . . - Mr. PARK, in a t ery able .speech,. addressed the .Jurynn the part of t:;e defendant by lie 6i ration- of the Learned Judge, immediately without retirio , 2, h nd a verditt . for the clekti.taht. . Mr.Gitunow stated this to be an a&ion to recover from the :Defendant; the Plaintiff's third part of a ship, ,p4chased with a sum of money which bad crime into his hands' onaceount• of the Plaintiff, of the 'Defendant himself, and of a third person of the name 0 1 poit g ill. With this money, arising from the sale of goods belonging to these parties, a pur chase had been made by Corsan of a ship called the Thames, on account of Alessrs. 'Philgill, Burke and Corsan. But the Defendant refused to make over to Plaintiff hiS share of it. • NII - .PAnK, for the•Defendant,contended, a 3 he after wards stewed in evidence, that the three persons who had been named, Phifgitl, Burke, and Corsan, were . general partners in trade, and that, on a fair count ing„the Plaintiff was a considerable debtor toithe• Defendant., also argued, that the purchase of the ship in • question "had been included in the French • captors who were alien enemies to this country', with whOm, therefore - any transaction that might have taken place was illegal, and in consequence 01 which the Plaintiff could not be - entitled to recover So tnuch.wete tbe Commissioners bri the Defend ant's Bankrupt Estate sarigfied - of this, _that they had rctused to allow the Plaintiff to prove h'i" debt uncle' the Commission, in consequence of which he bioti.„ht thwresetit.action. .• Mr. Gatirit") , .% , in reply, .contended that it was sutheieht to c, title the Plaintiff to recover, that Mu sty had bee': lectiveti by the Defendatit on aCc•,uht t ri --• LONDON rimed b) 14.1 CHARD HARRIS,,o2 No. 4 , Mattlett.cort, liow-str..ct rand rublished by W „ i` ~ ,In i ton.street, osArenc atql•Wc .., At the SuN.Oplacs, No. i 12, Strand where 4dvertideve6 ls , ()ram for tiae. Let:,..3 3 :or u.sa {punt-paia), must be addr'essad at the Halhtitf. He referred to* oase where an 41- surance Broker had received certain sums on an In surance which was obviously illegal, but which plea of illegality the Court was of opinion the broker could not set up against hid employer. Lord ELLENBOROUGLIL was of . Opinion this did not apply. Here the Pefendanj fransaCted the business on his own account, and it being illegal be might be called on to restore the property to which he could shew no legal title. The Plaintiff was accordingly nonsuited. DEC. 16. sTILK V. MERICK. The ATTOANEINdENERAL stated this to be an ac tion by. a foreign seaman, to recover from the de fendant, who was the C iptain of an American ves 'Bel, named the Logan, the amount of his wages in a toyage from and to the port of London, which'oc copied the space of one year, except nine days. The plaintiff was one of ten hands by whom this vessel was navigated, twelve having been originally engaged two df whom deserted; and whose wages the defen dant had agreed to divide among the other ten, on their undertaking to navigate the vessel themselves without any farther assistance. The plaintiff and his companions had brought the vessel safe up the River, and did not quit her till she was moored at the station assigned her. They then quitted the ship, with the consent of the Mate; and returned the next day for their climbs. On a subsequent 'oc casion they applied to the defendant for their wages, which he promised to pay them tile moment the ship was unloaded. This he had since refused to do. The agreement between the defendant and the seamen, • in which the lowest rate of wages was 51. per month, was given in evidenCe. - Also the agree ment by. the defendant to divide the wages of the two men who deserted among the other ten. Lord ir'LL,ENUOROUGH held, that this latter agree ment was illegal. The defendant night have en tered into it, from any thing winch appeared, through compulsion ; and besides, he bad already purcbased all the services which the plaintiff and ins compa- nions had to bestow. The seamen on board the Logan were then .ex =hied, who probed that.they navigated Use vessel.; that they did not quit her till she was safely moored in the station assigned her in the River ; that they then went on snore, with the consent Or the. Mate, the Captain not being then on boarcl; and that they re turned to•the vessel on the following day, and got away their clothes. Two ot them also swore to a promise made by the delemlant on the Royal Ex change, when applied to by une of. the. partarS, to know when their wages should be paid, that they should be paid the moment the last bale of goods in the cargo went over the ship's side. . Mr. GArtaow icr the detehdant, represented the present as being a case of the very. last importance to the mercantile rattrt sts of the country. With the very great naval force which Great ,Britaia was oblig ed, in the present circumstances of the world, to maintain, it was hardly possible that her commerce could be carried on without the assistance of foreign seamen. To what a deplorable. state, however, must the commerce of the country be reduced, if it should be held that not one or two,ot .a.crew, but that every man on board should be entitled, the mo ment they come into any, river leading to the port where they were to unload, to ,desert the ves sel, and to leave it exposed to the thousand acci dents which even then it might by- possibility en counter. It was part ot the maritime law at this country, and it was also a stipulation in the agree ment in question, that any of the mariners quitting the vessel before the navigation was concluded, and deserting for the space of 48 hours, should nut only forfeit the wages due to them, but also the clothes and other articles they might have on board. This he should prove,was the case in the present instance. The mariners, one and'all, who, it was to be observ ed, had come forward as witnesses in their own cause to-day, nut only quitted the vessel without leave of the Mate,who was the co mounding officer on board, but returned the next day, „and under the idea that the obtaining of their cloaths would operate as a remission and oblivion of their former offehce, so 2" to enable them to insist upon their wages, carried oft their cloaths, also compelling the Mate to- give Ahern the key of the locker in which their chests were deposited. To prove this defence, the principal witness was the mate, but.his evidence being unsatisfactory, the Jury found for the plaintiff ; thereby deciding the other nine adions. VIPOND V. BOWDLER. POLICE. nOW-STREET.---The following are soma further particulars of the riot which we yesterday noticed A few nights since an Irishman, who resides in Whitechapel, went to the White Hart public house, in Charles-street, Drury-lane, where he sent .for one of his countrymen, of the name of Murray,who resides in. St. Giles's. On Murray entering • the house, the Whitechapel man charged hint with hav ing ill-treated him, and taken his chara(er away, for which . he challenged him to fight. Murray de clined, assigning as a reason, - that he had only been _three weeks out of an hospital,...aoel was trot well enough. The Whitenhapel man replied, he was as strong as he ever had been, or would be; and Murray then proposed that •they should fight in a room, each of them having a triend as a second. The Whitechapel man objected to this, and said, he would fight in a : field; Murray replied, his party (meaning the Whitechapel Irishmen) were too strong lathe field. It was at length agreed that they should fight in a field, and they, tossed up for who should fix upon the groundi. Murray won, and appointed a field near the Adam - abd Eve, at the end of To:ten ham Court-road, and to meet at eight o'clock on Sun day morning; Murray, •and, a number •of the St.. Giles's Irishmen, went to the field at the time ap- pointed; they waned for some time, and none of the Whitechapal men appearing, they left'the and returned to Sr. Giles s, and meeting with the White chapel men, a despbtale tight took place in Short's gardens, there being about two hundred Irishmen engaged in it. One man was carried away for dead ; and the neighbours were so much alarmed for the conse quences, that several set 'nfr to the Public Office, Bow-street, where they fortunately - met . with An thony, who accompanied them with- all possible speed, and saw them in the a 1 of fighting with. large sticks, and rioting, in Sboit's-gardens. It was impossible for him to attempt to quell such a desperate assembly ; he therefore went and idiom ed Mr: READ, who was at Lincoln's-inn Chapel ; he came out, and went with Anthony and Mahew, one -of the katrole, to the spot, but was informed •th4t a number of them, particularly the ringleaders, hixi retired to the 'Rick Dog and Still, public-house, in Short's-gardens ; they 7 :accordingly went there, and knocked for about a quarter of all hour, before :• they could gain admittance; on their entr:nc-.• they went up stairs to a -large room on the first liner, the door of which' was last ; Mr. READ told them he was a Magistrate, and he demanded entrance; a voice answered, you shall repent coming here if you enter. Those in 'the room continuing to refute to open the door, it was at length forced open by the Magistrate and the landlord. A. number of Irish . men and women were found in the room ; several escaped out of the windows, top of the house, Ike. Anthony proceeded to search for their sticks,'. or shillelaghs; he found several on the ground, and two put up the chimney. Mr. READ ordered all the women to leave the, room ; they were going out accordingly, but two of the men, Timothy Murray and Daniel Croney, claimed two of them of as their wives, and told the Magistrate they should not go out when Mr. Read seized theM by the collar, and gave them into the custody of Anthony. After that six others of the men were.secured, and conveyed to the watch-house by a party of the patrole, who Genie to the assistance of Anthony. Yesterday they were brought to the Office for ex ! amination, when, in addition to the above two men, Patrick Donolatugh, Patrick Regan, Cornelius Cal laghan, Maurice APDonald, Patrick Cashman, and Daniel Leary, were put to the bar. Mr. READ bad his knowledge of the transaction taken in writing and signed it. eleven Thomas Summer, of Houghton-street , Clare-mar ker,sa idd'Cltohc.ak, that on Sunday morning, about half past he saw a great number of persons principally Irishmen, assembled together, in Short's- Gardens and Belton-street, making a great noise, riot, and disturbance, also fighting ; he saw one man knocked down into a cellar, which was open, and several with broken heads, end the blood run ning down, their backs and faCes. There were be tween twenty and thirty men fighting together at - one time. The prisoner, Timothy Murray, is the person who knocked the man down into the cellar. He thought he remained a spedtator. of their riot ous condati about an hour. Several of them were armed with bludgeons. After the arrival of the Ma gistrate he saw several of them escape from the pub lic-house, out of a window. One of the men who was beaten, was . earried away apparently.lifeless. Henry ,Bell, .the High Constable, said, he saw a great number of people assembled together in Buck eridge-street, as he was passing by accident; he supposed .it to. be previous to their going to Short's Gardens. He conjettered they were going.to aEt improperly, ,-td desired them to disperse ; they re moved from thence towards the Pound, at which time the Prisoner, Timothy MUrray, had a bludgeon in his baud ; he held it in the middle, and flourished it about. Several of the other men also had blud geons, Which they flourished; and, they jumped alyaut as if they were mad. • They were all committed for further examination. SUICIDE.--On Saturday morning, as Mr. Hop kins, of Greek-street, was shooting tip Albany Wood, adioinitig .Finchley-Common, - with a friend, they discovered a man hanging . on one of-:the trees by a rope. He was cut down, and removed to the nearest public-house to be owned. He was yester day recognised to be a man who was seen begging in Tottenbatmcourt-road, with. a woman and 'a young child... His.nan4e was Smith, and distresi . and hunger 'were supposed to have been .the cause of suicide. . S‘NINDLI.NG.-Within these few da y , mall }:as: • appeared in Londoni and , defrauded Gentletna and Tradespeople . .of Various4onsideraple turns of tni)noyv by.representio& hansl . cll in divers ..-cltaratters. 'He hisinuated.himelt . into 'the einiiitifliance at a . tletnan's family in Bottcr-st s ieel, .and *defrauded Gentlenwn (.4 cash for the payment 01 test, valuable horse.4,_un:ier prvtene that le ‘‘as a . Major who had I:stely returned frost, she .West' Indies, and that he IA o 3 -the bearer of cunt - taunt:li connwini. a t ons troco an Odices . the , e, 1, , - e Lss-tIN or she use loi4 sister. His artift.le was so well managed, that the Major W:ts an associate in the family for si-eral days, and during his stay he appeared in Wimpole swot, under the appellation of Sir S. H‹atne, and he porchased a chariot and a pair or horses, the latter of which he got possesion of, and sold them to a Up. very-man for 60 guineas the same day. Several tradesmen in the neighbourhood of Manchestet... square have suffered materially by the Swindlo contrivances, amongst whom is Mr. B. Swain, - fancy worker, in Portland -street, who furnished the Gentleman with goods to the amount of 401. which were sent to the house in Baker street. He. has lately been at work in the considerable towns in the North of England, it has been ascertained, where he assumed the character of a Merchant, but he made a precipitate retreat from Liverpool. He is about five ► licet tea, slight made, and wears large whiskers. SHIP NEWS. GRAVESIND, DLCEMBIR. 17. Arrived—the Eliza, Sutton, from Oporto; and the Peg gy, Colley, from Mogadore. Sailed—the Freedom, llarnrie, from Grenada; Fanny. Prouting, for Cadiz; Rose in tune, May, tor Oporto; Lustre, Smith, for famaica ; Medway, Watson, Myrtle „ Popplewell, and Scilly, Lewnigtim, 'tor Gibraltar ; artd the Draper, Gowan, tot Belfast. BIR TBS. On Friday, at Beaumont Lodge, the Viscountess Ashbrook, of a Daughter. On Saturday morning, in Fitzroy-square, the Lady of W. Stretton, Esq. of a Son. M4RRIZED, On Wednesday last. at East Soham, Surrey. the Rev. Charles Brooke. of I.7dOrd, to Charlotte, third daaghter of the Rev. Francis Capper, of Eait Soham. DIED. On Thursday last, at 13rompton, after a long and painful illness, Captain Richard Garry, rainy years Cetnin.indt:r of a vessel inthe.l3arbactnes trade. On P•ridaylast, at Deptford, Mrs. Elizabeth Bell. agel 53, wife of Adam Bell, Esq. of His ,lajesty's VietuaHaig Heparin - Icm, Deptford. On the 17111 inst. at his house in B ern ers-street. Sir !tam Bensley, Bart. one of the Diredors of the East-I udiA Conipany, PR ICE OF .:TOCA,'S YESTZ . RDAY. Bank Stock, N - Cle S per . ..!nt Irish s per Cent. 4 per Cent- - s4"fr t- 8 4 per Cent. Rect. 69 d 1! 1 3 per Cent. Cons. shut . 1 Long Ann. IS 9.46ttis t. shut I India Stock, shut India Ponds, 21$. 225. pr. Old Ar.n. Exeh. Hills, g.l . :Tte. pr. Osoiuln, Cons. for Opening, phi LONDON MARK'ETS, &c. 'CP:TURN OF Willi A By Messrs. 'Cut Ln and M Including only from ag'rceably t 220 Quarters at trgs od to at fos od 25 -- at t tss od 327 at :MS sd 1 95 -- :i t tt3s od 16 at Ifts ad I T IN MARK-LANE, A LiA s, Meal Weighers* Ddc. 4, to Dtc. 9. o the s 106 Quarters at 1?211 od 197 tt fors od 267 r ----- at toos od Xo -. at 99s 04 2116 at ygs tal 33,, a t 9 7; od Sso 3T 96; 0 1 42 7 at c ss on 392 -- at 9.0 ° 4 _, 2 4 a t 925 NA 1175 ammen....• a t 90S Eta gla at 885 04 44 2 a t g 7s 43 0 to? at 30s .4 tt 795. per Quarter. 'n.—Average Os. 9d. titan iiit Return. rst at ttis od I 4o t t ad 98 - at 'at; C. 4 176 -- at to7s ad 33; -- at io6s od 306 at IoSS ad 1 42,8 at -4s od _ 86 1,:s0 at 1025 Gd ti 6 Quarters a' Tatar 13,633 Quartei ts. 8 d, dower A RETURN OF FIMUR, Front Dec. z, to Dec. 8. from theCocket-Ottic wi Sacks. ,s. d. Sacks. s. Sacks. s i q 56 -•••••••.••• 100 0 200 —O2 o 11 , """"- ` , t ; 95 I 95 o 17 —9l a 20 ------ " 7 —.— 86 4 8 7 —6-- 94 0 3 2 9 3 4 e , 9 0 0 ' 666 93 0 --- - Total—tx,3l2 Sacks. —Average 9 g4s. 71d. per Sack.. os. id. lower that last week. Rea Clover White ditto - - Trefoil - Rye-Grass - -- White Mustard Seed Brown ditto Turnip .. . SEEDS. 6os. od. to Fps. do. • Sos. od. to 1305.d0 , • sos. 0d..t0 745. do• • 3;S. od. to 425. twartcr. • Bs. at. to 125. od. 155. od, to its. od. do. . t4s. od. to 2Ss. do: PRICE OF HOPS. BAGS. POCKETS. 6 s , Kent,. 41. toy. to 51. tos, Kent, 41. os. to 6h ts Sussex, 41. os. to 51. os. Sussex, 3 1 . tss: to 41 ' , Essex, 41. es. to 51. ss. Farnham, 81. --s. to NEWGATE AND LEADENHALL MARKETS. By the Carcase. to fig. ` Beef. - 3s. Id. to Ss. iod. I Veal 4s. 4d . Mutton 4s. od. to ss. 4d. Pork 6s. •to 7s. 4 .-• • - PRICE-OF LEATHER (per lb.) AT LEADENHAL LO Butts, so to s6lb. each . - . aid. to• 2;d- Ditto, 56 to 661 b. each •- . Merchants' Backs, .. Dressing Hides, - -.. : 2 2 4 1 d ct. . toto 22td . r ' .; ' ;sd. to 29 3 Fine Coach Hides, . . - Crop Hides, 35 to 4olb. for cutting : 4t97(41d.• to 19 19d' Lil9d' Ditt o , 45 to solb. - - 1 0, to Calf Skins, 30 to 4olb. 28d. to pd. per lb. Ditto,', 50 to 7 . 011). 34d; to 40d. per lb. Ditto, 7o to Bolb. 34d. to 39d. per lb. Small Seals (Greenland) 3s. ad. to. 3s. 2d. per lb. Large ditto,, . loos. to 140 s. per doz. - • RAW HIDES. Best Heifers 8c Steers,(per st.) Ordinary I fs od 21 ; 44,1 j 0 Musa— ~. C _ '3S od to 3S 4d Market a. tss of -,...- 0 , 1 Middlings 2S 8d to 2s tod Eng. Horse tss od to 16 6 Sheep Skins - - 3s 6d to 5s 6d ..-->" TALLOW. Town Tallow 87s. orl• Yellow Russia Us. 9 15 :,d, White do. 86s. od. os• Soap do. 87s. --s. od• A, Melting Stull.7os. —s. Ditto rough sos. —s• Graves 14s. od. Good Dgegs 14s. od• Yellow Scap, IL` g o• Price of Candles per.de - zen, 13s• • PRICE ,OF St.(ames's.Market ss. Clare Market ss. Whitechal).M ark et Ss. od. • per stone of B.lb. 15$. td, I Average etice js. -- • , VAIVIP.S's FIAY M'ARKET; PEc. 16. 0. ricia, ad. to :61:. 6i. c41.---,A,v,r. 41., 175'06, — Stritv, .21:tas..od. to ,21. 14s. oci. ; —Axei bs* • r :-~-r-: „., • cyVHITECHAL'EL HAY- - MARKET, Li, Hay 5t4 Os: cd.. to 6,1. os. od.,—Aver. 51.- ros• v` A. Nov of. 414 ..os. 0d,,-Aver.... 01.. os• ° 4. Clover, 61. los. od.- to .11. 14s. od,---AVirr. 71. 2•• Stratv, 11 16s.ori. ,to 2.1. As cd..--Aver. 19 6 ' °‘. PRICE COALS' N—TIIE`PO. 605 6d. t° Newcastle 5 41. 74, gil. I - sga: